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Friday, June 8,1973

Friday, June 8,1973

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Minnesota Twins  2 Baltimore Orioles  0 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Bert Blyleven Dave McNally -- 21,208 2:11
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Milwaukee Brewers  8 California Angels  2 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Jerry Bell Clyde Wright -- 11,497 2:38
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Chicago White Sox  5 Cleveland Indians  2 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Wilbur Wood Milt Wilcox -- 9,595 2:20
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 New York Yankees  8 Kansas City Royals  1 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Doc Medich Gene Garber Sparky Lyle 19,624 2:43
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Detroit Tigers  4 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Mickey Lolich Vida Blue -- 13,135 2:37
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Boston Red Sox  2 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Pete Broberg John Curtis Bill Gogolewski 8,231 2:20
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 St. Louis Cardinals  3 Atlanta Braves  5 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Ron Reed Rick Wise Danny Frisella 5,242 2:20
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Cincinnati Reds  5 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jack Aker Tom Hall -- 17,678 2:31
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Houston Astros  4 box | pbp Astrodome Ken Forsch Dock Ellis Jim Ray 25,486 1:50
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 San Francisco Giants  3 Montreal Expos  17 box | pbp Parc Jarry Steve Renko Jim Barr -- 15,137 2:54
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Tommy John Tom Seaver Pete Richert 42,500 2:17
1973 reg season 1973-06-08 San Diego Padres  1 Philadelphia Phillies  5 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Steve Carlton Steve Arlin -- 18,096 1:59
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1973 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 53 29 24 .547 0.0 206 189 17 W1 16-12 13-12 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1973 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 54 29 25 .537 0.5 248 215 33 W1 12-13 17-12 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1973 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 48 24 24 .500 2.5 179 155 24 L2 14-14 10-10 3 7 12 -- Lost ALCS (Athletics)
1973 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 52 25 27 .481 3.5 190 206 -16 W1 12-12 13-15 4 9 14 -- dnq
1973 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 50 24 26 .480 3.5 223 220 3 L1 7-13 17-13 5 10 15 -- dnq
1973 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 53 20 33 .377 9.0 194 253 -59 L8 11-18 9-15 6 11 22 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1973 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 49 29 20 .592 0.0 221 203 18 W2 13-10 16-10 1 1 4 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 50 29 21 .580 0.5 233 222 11 W3 16-10 13-11 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1973 AL West California Angels franchise | log 51 27 24 .529 3.0 175 178 -3 L1 13-15 14-9 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1973 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 57 30 27 .526 3.0 271 253 18 L4 14-13 16-14 4 6 11 -- dnq
1973 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 55 27 28 .491 5.0 244 212 32 L1 15-15 12-13 5 8 13 -- Won World Series (Mets)
1973 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 50 18 32 .360 11.5 183 261 -78 W2 5-18 13-14 6 12 23 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1973 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 56 34 22 .607 0.0 258 210 48 W1 16-11 18-11 1 2 2 Yes dnq
1973 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 48 23 25 .479 7.0 198 224 -26 W1 13-16 10-9 2 6 16 -- dnq
1973 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 51 24 27 .471 7.5 191 194 -3 L2 7-14 17-13 3 7 17 -- dnq
1973 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 49 23 26 .469 7.5 235 232 3 L5 10-11 13-15 4 8 18 -- dnq
1973 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 49 22 27 .449 8.5 178 187 -9 L3 14-14 8-13 5 9 19 -- Lost World Series (Athletics)
1973 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 53 21 32 .396 11.5 190 238 -48 W1 10-21 11-11 6 11 21 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1973 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 59 38 21 .644 0.0 277 253 24 L1 16-10 22-11 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 57 34 23 .596 3.0 256 200 56 W2 14-10 20-13 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 54 30 24 .556 5.5 227 194 33 L1 16-12 14-12 3 4 6 Yes Lost NLCS (Mets)
1973 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 58 32 26 .552 5.5 236 214 22 W2 13-18 19-8 4 5 7 Yes dnq
1973 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 55 22 33 .400 14.0 204 223 -19 W3 12-22 9-12 5 10 20 -- dnq
1973 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 57 20 37 .351 17.0 184 265 -81 L1 5-18 15-19 6 12 24 -- dnq
24 record(s)
Transactions
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Stan Papi St. Louis Cardinals Hist Traded from Houston Astros to St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Busse
Ray Busse Houston Astros Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Houston Astros for Stan Papi
Mike Jackson Cleveland Indians Hist Traded from Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians for Steve Mingori
Steve Mingori Kansas City Royals Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Royals for Mike Jackson
John Morris San Francisco Giants Hist Activated from Disabled List
5 record(s)